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, whose format is a hybrid of

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and classic country. The station is located at 910 Albany Road, Erie, and has a broadcast area covering eastern Iowa (including the

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) and northwestern Illinois. The station was granted its license in August 2015, and went on the air shortly thereafter playing automated music with no live on-air talent or commercials. The station finally went "live" on January 7, 2016, with general manager Aaron Dail the first on-air disc jockey. The station was expected to have an initial playlist of more than 2,000 songs. More on-air talent and affiliation with

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were expected in the coming weeks.Gaul, Alma, "New oldies radio station hits the airwaves," ''

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'', January 13, 2016. Accessed 01-13-2016

/ref> WQUD's main competitor was, until September 2016, KQCJ, WYEC, an oldies station based in

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with studios in

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, but with the latter station's format switch to adult hits, WQUD would become the Quad City market's only station programming pre-1970 pop music on a regular basis. (Another station in the Quad Cities market,

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, has programming blocks of music from past decades on the weekends (1980s and 1990s on Saturdays, 1970s on Sundays)). As of October 26, 2017 WQUD had a construction permit to change frequency to 107.7 MHz, which took place on June 25, 2018.

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